Even the most interesting characters will not engage readers if their journey—the plot—fails. Bestselling author William Bernhardt reveals the secrets that keep readers riveted to the page. He explains the importance of matching character to plot and how to enrich your story by layering three levels of conflict while fulfilling the plot structures--the journeys--that have always delighted readers.

All fiction is character-driven, according to William Bernhardt. If your characters don’t interest readers, even the most exciting plots will fail. This book explains the relationship between character and plot, and how the perfect melding of the two produces a mesmerizing story. He uses examples spanning from The Odyssey to The Da Vinci Code to explain this in a direct, uncomplicated manner.

New York Times-bestselling author William Bernhardt explains the elements that make stories work, using examples spanning from Gilgamesh to The Hunger Games. In each chapter, he introduces essential concepts in a direct and easily comprehended manner. Most importantly, Bernhardt demonstrates how you can apply these ideas to improve your own writing.

If you're planning on hiring a professional to narrate your audio book, then this guide is for you. Nothing is more critical to the success of your audiobook than the selection of the Narrator who will bring your story to life! These tips will help you find the right actor to read your audiobook and help you soar to the top of your listeners' lists of favorites.

Any one can start a book. Finishing it, like most goals, can seem impossible. Especially if you want to deliver a quality product people will recommend. All published authors will tell you one thing—there's no one way to the finish line other than writing. Arwen Lynch, published in fiction and non-fiction, will show you how you can use a pack of cards to get your story line arced and sparked!

Have you wondered how authors pull off those perfect surprise endings that leave readers saying "Wow"? If you're a writer hoping to awe your readers with an unexpected ending, then this book is for you.
This book outlines methods for writing surprise endings that feel natural and satisfying, yet still shock and excite readers.

Do you have the temperament to be a fiction writer? This is a non-fiction article that asks readers if they have the temperament to be successful fiction writers. A test is presented with a table at the end that predicts the reader's chances of being successful. The author is a fiction writer of over 200 fiction pieces of various Lengths.

We begin with a sudden memory, follow it to see where it leads. Yet so many of us tend to ignore these flashes.Using a process I call write right now, I help the writer to harvest the urgency of sudden memories.The prompts in this book are designed to spur memories, to get you writing. I’ll also direct you to resources, authors to read and study, and places to submit.

Ultimate Self Publishing Guide is a process to make a minimum amount viable book. It is utilized to really get your book out there and build momentum for you.
In Ultimate Self Publishing Guide, you will:
Learn the methods for publishing
Use concept prefer to Startup for your book
Find out the precise tools used to create & publish a publication in 30 days.

Self-publishing is free and easy. Before you pay somebody big bucks to format your eBook or paperback, or to create your book cover, you owe it to yourself to read this book filled with straightforward, no BS, click-by-click instructions for accomplishing the task on your own. You’ll be surprised to discover just how easy it is to get professional results, and publish your own book – For FREE!

The Checklist: Indie Publishing My Way gives author and mentor Marsha Ward's perspective and the checklist of the processes she uses to publish her books . . . her way. A step-by-step, easy to follow handbook to the publication process.

Click A Few Buttons and Publish a Book, No Matter Where You Are.
Self-publishing has opened the doors for everyone to publish a book, from grandma with her lovely cookies, to kids writing books. However, getting a book published that looks descent is a different story. Get publishing tips from the author of over 60 books.

HURTING YOUR CHARACTERS discusses the immediate effect of the trauma on the body, its physiologic response, including the types of nerve fibers and the sensations they convey, and how injuries feel to the character. This book also presents a simplified overview of the expected recovery times for the injuries discussed in young, otherwise healthy individuals.

In this book Fiona Mauchline examines the many challenges involved in writing successful material for the secondary classroom. Including practical suggestions, tasks with commentaries, Fiona considers the implications of the development of the teenage brain on the writer's choice of activities and topics. A rich resource for anyone wishing to write better secondary materials.

Scrivener is novel writing and organizing software designed specifically for the non-linear way writers really work. The Unofficial Scrivener Workbook is designed to work in conjunction with The Scrivener Manual and The Interactive Tutorial that came with your version of Scrivener.

In this ebook, John Allison's aim is to provide a set of practical activities that he would have welcomed when he started out as a materials writer. Through a series a carefully-constructed tasks, John shows how to create material that is relevant and appropriate for the Business English context, while keeping the balance between being serious and fun.